Ironing-table.



H. J. H. LAFLECHE.

[RONING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29. 1915.

1 ,204, 57 5 Patented Nov. 14, 1916.

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H. J. H. LAFLECHE.

IRONING TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29. 1915.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916. I

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMENEG-ILDE J. H. LA-FLEGHE, OF CASSELMAN, ONTARIO, CANADA.

IRON'ING-TABLE.

Application filed June 29, 1915.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMENE'GILDE J. H. LAFLECI-IE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Casselman, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ironing boards and more particularly relates to a novel combination with a board of a pressing board adapted to be attached thereto for convenient use in pressing the shoulders and sleeves of coats, which are ordinarily most difficult to" take care of upon an ironing board of the customary character.

An object supplementary to the foregoing is to provide a combination ironing board, the several parts of which may be so hingedly assembled as to permit of the folding of the board into the smallest possible compass both for stowing purposes and for transportation.

An object specific to the above mentioned combination of a large ironing board with the smaller pressing board is to provide means for normally maintaining the pressing board out of the operators way when using the large board proper and to readily facilitate the bringing of the small board into use.

The above and additional objects which will be hereinafter more specifically treated are accomplished by such means as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out in the claims which are appended hereto and form a part of this application.

With reference to the drawings, wherein there is illustrated the preferred embodiment of this invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughout the several views of which like characters of reference designate similar parts :-Figure 1 is a view of the combination ironing board after folded into its smallest compass; Fig. 2 is a view of the ironing board extended, for use in the ordinary manner; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same subject-matter; and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional .view through the board of Fig. 2, illustrating in dotted lines the various positions of the small pressing board with respect thereto.

The ironing table of this invention 1I 1 cludes a body portion 5 with which there is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 14, 1916-.

Serial No; 37,084.

associated a fo'ldable end portion 6'. Straps 7 are carried upon this end portion to receive the endsof a rectangularly bent hingng pintle 8, the opposite side of which is secured to the body portion of the table through the medium of'the straps 9. Preferably the straps 7 and 9 and the hinging rod 8' are inlaid flush with the surface of the table portions in the manner best illustrated in F 1g. 4. A supporting leg 10 ispivoted at 11 to a bracket 12 secured to one extremity of the body portion of the table, and is adapted to extend through a slot 13 thereof, such slot being formed with the beveled edge 14 to contact with the leg 10 and maintain it in fixed position with respect to the table. The projecting portion 15 of the leg extending through the slot 13 is formed with a cut out portion 16 adapted to fit over the edge .of table in the manner denoted by the dotted lines 17 of Fig. 2. It will be apparent that the gripping of the table 17- between this cut out portion and the body portion of the ironin rtable, will in conjunction with the bevelec slot end 1 1 support the ironing table as a whole in a most stable fashion. Means 18 serve to hinge separable portions of the leg 10 in also rendering this foldable in the same manner as the ironing board of the table.

It now remains to describe the particular pressing board which is adapted to be permanently and novelly associated with an ironing table of the type above set forth. The board itself includes the base and arm portions 19 and 20 respectively which are connected by a standard 21. The arm 20 is of the usual tapering shape suitable for the pressin of sleeves and like garment portions difficult to press, while the standard 21 has its exterior surface rounded in the manner apparent from Figs. 1 and 2. Supporting means for the auxiliary pressing table include a plate 22 inset flush with the base 19 and provided with hinge connections 23, with a similar plate 24 which is swivelly mounted on the undersurface of the folding main table portion'6 through the medium of a pivoting pin or the like 25. Catch means 26 which are preferably of the spring metal type inclose the edges of the base 19 and serve to support the pressing board when slung under the table portion 6.

From the combination of ironing table with pressing board described in the foregoing, there are a number of various adaptations of the structure. If it is desired to fold the entire table into a very small compass for the purpose of storing it away when not in use, the table portion 6 is folded back upon the main body portion 5, the table removed from its supporting table 17 and the leg 10 bent up to lie flat against the portion 5 in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 1. If it is desired to use a presser board, the section 6 is merely folded back upon the section 5 and the tapering arm 20 employed in the usual manner. For use upon the shoulders and similar rounded portions of a coat the auxiliary board may be bent upward upon its hinge 23 and then rotated upon its bolt 25, both the base and arm serving as legs to support the standard 21 the rounded portion of which is thus brought into use.

While in the foregoing, however, there has thus been illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification such com bination and arrangement of elements as constitute the preferred embodiment of this invention, it is desired to emphasize the fact that such minor changes in the matters of proportion and degree may be made in later adaptations of this device as shall not alter the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is 1. A pressing-board comprislng a standard, a pair of parallel arm portions projecting from the ends of said standard, means for pivoting one of said arm portions to a supporting member, and means for preventing movement of the pressing-board upon said supporting member.

2. A pressing board comprising a standard, a pair of parallel arm portions projecting from the ends of said standard, a hinge adapted to hinge the pressing board to the folding leaf of a horizontal support, and means for retaining one of said arm portions in engagement with said folding leaf.

3. The combination With a leaf hinged to a horizontal support forming an extension thereof, with a pressing board hinged to one side of said leaf by means of a hinge having one leaf hingedly fixed to the pressing board and the other leaf pivotally mounted on the supporting leaf, and means for preventing pivotal movement of said pressing board upon said supporting leaf.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of tWo witnesses.

HERMENEGILDE J. H. LAFLECHE. Witnesses F. E. DIXON, P. E. LAFLEGHE.

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